Stone Soup Magazine
— A child observes a lime tree through the seasons, noting its winter bareness, spring birdsong, summer growth, and autumn abundance of leaves.
— A young elf girl discovers she can communicate with dragons and learns the kingdom's 'dragon attacks' are actually humans attacking dragons, becoming the prophesied Dragon Charmer.
— Swallows move through a day from dawn to twilight, their appearance transforming with the changing light from silver firs to moonlit wings.
— A meditation on weightlessness and tranquility builds through philosophical comparisons until the speaker climbs a mountain to grasp the sun and fall.
— A girl with a fear of heights jumps off a cliff at her cousins' urging, nearly drowns in panic underwater, then immediately agrees to do it again for a video.
— A summer evening unfolds through sensory details — soft light, rushing water, owl calls, and moonlight stretching across quiet land.